Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
DUVAL COUNTY.
The Lack or Water and Enterprise the
Two Serious Drawbacks.

The Lack or Water and Enterprise the
Two Serious Drawbacks.
SAN DIEGO, TEX, Dec. 10, 1857.
To the Editor Of the Gazette.
Il see in the Galveston News an article
written from this place which is celcu-
lated to mislead stranger in regard to
two or three leading statements, and as 1
have slways thought it was the duty of q
newspaper correspondent to state facts,
or something very near the facts, when
ne undertakes to describe or give
an account of country, its climate, soil
and advantages, It's water courses, growth
OF timber aId the prospects of the future
Development OF the section written of,
feel called upon to correct certain mis-
takes, for do not believe the errors to
have been Intentional which were made
by Mr.. Johnson, the writer of that article.
In the first place San Diego, the county
seat OF Duval county, is very quiet vii
lage, with a population of not more than
1000, if they amount TO that number, and
unless our leading citizens awake
nom the lethargy which OF late
has seemed to enwrap them and do some
thing towards public improvement, it will
be more likely that our naturally healthy
and pleasant town will decrease in popu-
Iation. in place Of advancing. Though
situated on high ground, with everv is
cillty Of easy drsinages into the bed of
the creek on its southern boundary, the
people Of San Diego, lam sorry to say,
have done little or nothing towards drain
ing the town. May be they 60 on the
principle of the Arksnssw man, whose
roof did not leak in dry weather, and ar
que that scarcely ever rains here, but
1t does rain sometimes, and when it rains
hpours, and then for days the small lakes,
or large puddles, are almost impossible,
even in front of the best dwelling houses
or mansions in the place. Again, we are
tesrfully in want of water for stock and
laundry purposes, but though the steep
snd rocky banks and bed of the S sn Diego
creek would render easy the building OF
dam across 1t which would secure per-
manent water all the year round. yet the
people are content to see the creek dry
Tor st least half the year rather than meet
Inc comparatively trivial expense of $500
10 build good and substantial dam
Before the Texas Mexican Railroad built
The bridge across for their cars to pass
over they offered to pay half the expense
cepted, and the consequence is that when
any large amount of live stock is to be
transported by rail, If even raised in this
vicinity, the shippers are obliged to drive
10 some place where they can get the
water, which we could have had, but
nave not. know that there are some OF
ny fellow townsmen who will say that
an disposed to dispsrage our town, bu,
nat is simply not so. want to see Sar
Diego prosper, and II the men owning
me most property in the place would
arouse themselves, and try, they coulc
Advance the interests of the town and
secure her future prosperity. POSSESSING
Inc natural advantages OF an elevated
situation, 8 dry and healthy climate
entirely free from malaris, oul
Town could be made one o.
me most desirable locstions II
western Texas. The writer has every
ming that he possesses in San Diego ant